A little explanation…

This blog has been created for my undergraduate Civil Rights and Rhetoric course. It is meant to identify and analyze rhetorical responses to Constance McMillen's struggle to attend prom with her girlfriend and the ensuing political and social conflicts. These responses will be pulled from traditionally "non-academic" sources. Everyday people engage in rhetoric, too--and now you can study some of their banter on social media websites!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_WrgP3mgsw What interests me in this video actually pops up around 2:36 and 4:18. “crutches13” responds to an internet comment by a student from Constance’s high school. He says: “…but the problem I have is that they are saying that Constance is pushing them into doing things that they don’t want to do.” He continues […]

I want to focus on something in this Youtube video that may seem a little obscure: the song played at the very end. It’s a song called “One Tribe,” by a currently very popular music group called Black Eyed Peas. In video blogs, it is easy to forget that rhetoric involves more than just the […]

Okay, I’ll be honest: I found this video to be pretty humorous. I think much of the humorous value in this video comes from the shock of such a childish cartoon (sing-song voice, animation, simplistic rhyming, name calling) being used to address a controversial issue that is generally entrenched in heated and serious debate. According […]